UITableView load more when scrolling to bottom like Facebook application

Question

I am developing an application that uses SQLite. I want to show a list of users (UITableView) using a paginating mechanism. Could any one please tell me how to load more dat

Answer 1

for loading from an API, It works for me, Xcode10 , swift 4.2 :

1- create New Swift file and do like this:

//
//  apiTVCController.swift
//  ApiTestingTableView
//
//  Created by Hooma7n on 4/7/19.
//  Copyright © 2019 Hooma7n. All rights reserved.
//

import Foundation
import Alamofire

class apiget {

    var tableData : [Datum] = []
    var loadin : [Datum] = []
    var testfortotal : Int?


    func getfromapi(completionHandler : ((_ isSucess : Bool) -> Void)?) {
        let url = "https://reqres.in/api/users?page=1"
        Alamofire.request(url, method: .get, parameters: nil, encoding: JSONEncoding.default, headers: nil)
            .responseJSON(completionHandler : { response in
                switch response.result {
                case .success(let data):
                    guard let jsonData = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: data, options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions.prettyPrinted) else {return}
                    let decoder = JSONDecoder()
                    guard let result = try? decoder.decode(Welcome.self, from: jsonData) else {return}
                    self.tableData = result.data ?? []
                    self.testfortotal = result.total ?? 0
                    completionHandler?(true)

                //                    print(result)
                case .failure(let error):
                    print(error)
                }
            })
    }

    var pagecounter : Int = 2


    func loadmore(completionHandler : ((_ isSucess : Bool) -> Void)?){

        let url = "https://reqres.in/api/users?page=\(pagecounter)"
        Alamofire.request(url, method: .get, parameters: nil, encoding: JSONEncoding.default, headers: nil)
            .responseJSON(completionHandler : { response in
                switch response.result {
                case .success(let data):
                    guard let jsonData = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: data, options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions.prettyPrinted) else {return}
                    let decoder = JSONDecoder()
                    guard let myresult = try? decoder.decode(Welcome.self, from: jsonData) else {return}
                    self.loadin = myresult.data ?? []
                    self.tableData.append(contentsOf: myresult.data ?? [])
                    completionHandler?(true)
                    print(self.pagecounter)
                    self.pagecounter += 1

                //                    print(myresult)
                case .failure(let error):
                    print(error)
                }
            })

    }

}

extension apiget {

    struct Welcome: Codable {
        let page, perPage, total, totalPages: Int?
        var data: [Datum]?

        enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
            case page
            case perPage = "per_page"
            case total
            case totalPages = "total_pages"
            case data
        }
    }

    struct Datum: Codable {
        let id: Int?
        let firstName, lastName: String?
        let avatar: String?

        enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
            case id
            case firstName = "first_name"
            case lastName = "last_name"
            case avatar
        }
    }


}

2- in Your ViewController file (tableView Controller) :

//
//  apiTVC.swift
//  ApiTestingTableView
//
//  Created by Hooma7n on 4/7/19.
//  Copyright © 2019 Hooma7n. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit
import Alamofire

class apiTVC: UITableViewController {

    var datamodel = apiget()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        datamodel.getfromapi(completionHandler: {finish in
            if finish {self.tableView.reloadData()
            }

        })

    }


    override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
        return 1
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return datamodel.tableData.count
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell", for: indexPath) as! apiTableViewCell
        cell.firstNameLabel.text = datamodel.tableData[indexPath.row].firstName
        cell.lastNameLabel.text = datamodel.tableData[indexPath.row].lastName
        cell.dateLabel.text = "\(datamodel.tableData[indexPath.row].id ?? 0)"
        cell.profileImageView.loadImage(fromURL: datamodel.tableData[indexPath.row].avatar ?? "")

        return cell

    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplay cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        let lastElement = datamodel.tableData.count - 1
        let total = datamodel.testfortotal ?? 12
        if indexPath.row == lastElement && datamodel.tableData.count < total{

            datamodel.loadmore(completionHandler: {finish in
                if finish {

                    self.tableView.reloadData()

                }})
        }
    }
}

if using tableView in Your viewController set delegate,datasource self in viewDidLoad.